You escaped.
Don't look back.
My brother lives in NYC if that is any consolation.
My uncle is in San Bernardino.
He builds sand rails and stadium trucks.
Won Baja 1000 in a solo 1600 cc sand rail in 1986 and 1988.

I am so backward in regards to fashion I have never heard of Ariat. Armani I have heard of. $200 for a silk T-shirt isn't my style. I don't swing that way.
I'm a Red Wing kind of guy.
I have to push and pull on converter dollies hooking up double trailers and anything without laces can come off of your feet in muddy lots or loose gravel or wet pavement.
Same when I was a local lift gate delivery driver. Pushing heavy pallets on and off the back of a truck requires firm footing. Pallets of oil and anti freeze going to auto parts stores are over a ton.
I have only tried on some cowboy boots and they felt too loose.

I have some nice Rockport shoes for casual wear going out with my wife. For exercise some USA made New Balance tennis shoes and that is it other than flip flops for around the beach or pool.
I am easy to shop for when it comes to shoes.
Fit function place of manufacture are my criteria then some plain color. My tennis shoes are all grey.
Nothing flashy.